Here’s Our Problem
Caitlin Johnstone is a self-described “rogue journalist” from Australia. She’s fiercely critical of the United States, too much for my taste, and almost as hard on matters cultural and artistic.…
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Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Marcin Osuchowski et al. highlight the importance of updating our understanding of COVID-19 rather than presuming it behaves the same way as previously-studied…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Zeynep Tufecki writes about the deadly delay in recognizing the reality that COVID-19 spreads largely through aerosol transmission. Elliot Hannon reports on…
Republican Congressman – "The Ship is Sinking."
On Face the Nation this morning, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Il, wasn’t pulling any punches: “Right now, it’s basically the Titanic. We’re like, you know, in this in the middle of…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – David Graham points out that what’s being labeled “vaccine hesitancy” reflects little more than abject denial about the realities of a deadly disease.…
Great, I’m a Viking.
First it was 23&Me. Then it was Ancestry.ca. Then came MyTrueAncestry.com. All of which prove that before you go snooping, realize it’s not all going to be unicorns and princesses.…
Musical interlude
Wide Mouth Mason – Erase Any Trace
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Mickey Djuric reports on the growing surgical backlog resulting from the Moe government’s willingness to let COVID-19 tear through Saskatchewan’s health care system.…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Leyland Cecco discusses how a combination of feckless government and decades of carefully-stoked anti-science sentiment has turned Alberta into North America’s COVID-19…
They Myth of China, the Climate Champion
If you think of China as leading the fight against climate catastrophe, you might want to think again. China now contributes 27 per cent of global carbon emissions. The United…
The Benefit of the Doubt Has Run Its Course
When it comes to the climate emergency, world leaders are long on promises and very short on meaningful action. There was a time when we tolerated empty promises but, now,…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cushioned cats.
When Lockdown is a Luxury You Can’t Afford
The current Covid hotspot is the world’s second most populous nation, Narendra Modi’s India. As the pandemic, and especially the double-mutation Indian variant, sweep through India’s major cities, other countries…
Is Canada Sliding Into a Form of Tribalism?
Like most democracies, Canada has always had a left/right, liberal/conservative divide. For most of this nation’s history there were bonds between the two, enough that we were usually able to…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Apoora Mandavilli warns about the looming prospect that the U.S. will be unable to reach herd immunity through vaccination due to right-wing…
A Little On Workspaces and Design
This morning on CBC, there was a brief segment on “what will workplaces look like after COVID”. They brought in someone from one of the big architecture firms to talk…
What Next? Perhaps "Cave Syndrome".
Here’s something no vaccine can fix – cave syndrome. After a year in isolation, many people who have developed an intimate understanding of what it means to socially isolate are…
Well, When You Put It That Way, Yeah, He’s a Dick
New York Times columnist Bret Stephens is no bleeding heart leftie but I was touched by his description of Texas senator Ted Cruz in today’s column with Gail Collins, to…
Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy. A Progressive Gets His Due.
It’s about time the record was set straight. Jimmy Carter was the most prescient, progressive president the United States of America never deserved. The Guardian reporter was trying to track…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Emma Paling discusses the reasons why repeated warnings about Canada’s third wave of the coronavirus went largely unanswered. And Rachel Bergen reports on…